{"id":3945,"date":"2011-07-24T09:06:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T09:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:40:44","slug":"mobile-computing-promotion-consortium","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_mobile_computing_promotion_consortium_mean\">What Does Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC) is an international non-profit organization committed to mobile computing market development and expansion. MCPC members include organizations related to four industries: communications carriers, computer hardware manufacturers, software developers and system integrators.<\/p>\n<p>MCPC member organizations continually expand and evolve mobile computing systems, particularly by promoting strong relations with the Portable Computer and Communications Association (PCCA) in the United States.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_mobile_computing_promotion_consortium\">Techopedia Explains Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>MCPC membership is segmented as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supporting Members: 69<\/li>\n<li>Venture Square Members: 14<\/li>\n<li>Executive Members: 12<\/li>\n<li>Cooperation Partners: 12<\/li>\n<li>International Cooperation Partners: 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MCPC organizations facilitate the following objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research and implement measures addressing technical and operational issues<\/li>\n<li>Promote joint research and development<\/li>\n<li>Establish standards<\/li>\n<li>Promote and disseminate plans and initiatives for implementing a more advanced, efficient and economic mobile computing system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MCPC activities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Researching mobile computing system issues<\/li>\n<li>Shaping and expanding the mobile computing system market<\/li>\n<li>Improving global interconnectivity<\/li>\n<li>Contributing to a multimedia\/communications based mobile computing infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Exchanging mobile system data with worldwide organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium Mean? Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC) is an international non-profit organization committed to mobile computing market development and expansion. MCPC members include organizations related to four industries: communications carriers, computer hardware manufacturers, software developers and system integrators. MCPC member organizations continually expand and evolve mobile computing systems, particularly by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7813,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"definitioncat":[229,236,219,230],"class_list":["post-3945","definition","type-definition","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","definitioncat-infrastructure-management","definitioncat-network-management","definitioncat-networks","definitioncat-privacy-and-compliance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v24.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC)? - Definition from Techopedia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This definition explains the meaning of Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium and why it matters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This definition explains the meaning of Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium and why it matters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Techopedia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/techopedia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-30T09:40:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@techopedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Margaret Rouse\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5dd538e31ee352d105b8af36c4268a5\"},\"headline\":\"Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-24T09:06:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-30T09:40:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc#respond\"]}],\"articleSection\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc\",\"name\":\"What is the Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC)? - Definition from Techopedia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-24T09:06:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-30T09:40:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"This definition explains the meaning of Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium and why it matters.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Networking\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/network\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Network Management\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/topic\/57\/network-management\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Term\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/\",\"name\":\"Techopedia\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Techopedia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/techopedia-light-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/techopedia-light-logo.svg\",\"caption\":\"Techopedia\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/techopedia\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/techopedia\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/techopedia\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Techopedia\"],\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/about\/editorial-policy\",\"ownershipFundingInfo\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/about\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5dd538e31ee352d105b8af36c4268a5\",\"name\":\"Margaret Rouse\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/margaret-rouse-headshot.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/margaret-rouse-headshot.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Margaret Rouse\"},\"description\":\"Margaret is an award-winning technical writer and teacher known for her ability to explain complex technical subjects to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles by the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret's idea of a fun day is helping IT and business professionals learn to speak each other\u2019s highly specialized languages.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/margaretrouse\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/@techdefinitions\"],\"knowsAbout\":[\"Technology Expert\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/contributors\/margaret-rouse\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is the Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC)? - Definition from Techopedia","description":"This definition explains the meaning of Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium and why it matters.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium","og_description":"This definition explains the meaning of Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium and why it matters.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc","og_site_name":"Techopedia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/techopedia\/","article_modified_time":"2023-10-30T09:40:44+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@techopedia","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc"},"author":{"name":"Margaret Rouse","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5dd538e31ee352d105b8af36c4268a5"},"headline":"Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium","datePublished":"2011-07-24T09:06:41+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-30T09:40:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc"},"wordCount":172,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc#respond"]}],"articleSection":""},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc","url":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc","name":"What is the Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC)? - Definition from Techopedia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-07-24T09:06:41+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-30T09:40:44+00:00","description":"This definition explains the meaning of Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium and why it matters.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4582\/mobile-computing-promotion-consortium-mcpc#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Networking","item":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/network"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Network Management","item":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/topic\/57\/network-management"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Term","item":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/","name":"Techopedia","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#organization","name":"Techopedia","url":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/techopedia-light-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/techopedia-light-logo.svg","caption":"Techopedia"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/techopedia\/","https:\/\/x.com\/techopedia","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/techopedia\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Techopedia"],"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/about\/editorial-policy","ownershipFundingInfo":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/about"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5dd538e31ee352d105b8af36c4268a5","name":"Margaret Rouse","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/margaret-rouse-headshot.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/margaret-rouse-headshot.jpeg","caption":"Margaret Rouse"},"description":"Margaret is an award-winning technical writer and teacher known for her ability to explain complex technical subjects to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles by the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret's idea of a fun day is helping IT and business professionals learn to speak each other\u2019s highly specialized languages.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/margaretrouse\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/@techdefinitions"],"knowsAbout":["Technology Expert"],"url":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/contributors\/margaret-rouse"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definition\/3945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/definition"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definition\/3945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"definitioncat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definitioncat?post=3945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}